Men’s genital bacteria help predict partners’ risk for vaginal infection: study
(HealthDay News) - The makeup of bacteria that colonize a man's penis can help predict the risk of a serious and hard-to-treat vaginal infection...
Children’s immune systems differ from adult’s. Here’s what that could mean...
When it comes to infectious diseases, our bodies can only defend themselves if they’re able to discriminate between the “self” and the “nonself”. And...
Why some Kenyans still deny coronavirus exists
In our series of Letters from African journalists, Waihiga Mwaura asks why so many Kenyans are not taking the global coronavirus seriously.
Despite global scientific...
L’huile d’olive est-elle vraiment bonne pour la santé?
L'huile d'olive est un incontournable de notre placard et une des bases du régime méditerranéen. Néanmoins, il y a certaines choses à savoir pour...
Who is the mysterious Rwandan smuggler of minerals from DR Congo?
In September 2018, a Rwandan national and three Congolese were arrested carrying 100kg of Coltan at a place called Rubaya, in eastern DR Congo.
The...
Coronavirus: Anxiety high over Kenyatta speech
If there was a day Kenyans have recently looked forward to, it is today. This is the day the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on the...
Corona isiwe chanzo cha kutoelewana sisi na Kenya – Magufuli
Rais wa Tanzania John Pombe Magufuli amesema Corona haikuanzia Afrika hivyo haipaswi kuwa chanzo cha kutoelewana kati ya nchi za Kenya na Tanzania, na...
Only 18% Rwandans have subscribed to Mutuelle de Santé, Covid-19 blamed
Less than a month to the deadline, only 18 percent of subscribers have managed to pay their fees to community-based health insurance scheme known as Mutuelle...
Women in India suffer as Covid-19 lockdown hits sanitary pads supply
The Covid-19 lockdown and its extension in India have impacted access to menstrual hygiene products and the ability for women to maintain personal hygiene.
For...
I took chloroquine. This is what it did to me
US President Donald Trump was, in his typical fashion, blunt at a press briefing on Monday.
He rather proudly told everyone assembled that he was...